With newcomers like Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo entering the smartphone space, our favorite manufacturers, Apple, Samsung, LG and HTC will be forced to pump up their offerings, meaning good things are in store for the end user.

Based on past product release cycles and a few leaks, we're seeing a lot of cool upcoming smartphones from all the big players.

Check out the gallery below to see the most important phones that will launch this year.

The Blackberry Z10 will either save or destroy BlackBerry

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Blackberry's latest smartphone has been announced. The all touchscreen Z10 will run a new mobile operating system called BlackBerry 10.

The next iPhone

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The rumor mill started churning just a few short months after the iPhone 5 was released last year. Some expect Apple to launch an iPhone 5S, which will look nearly identical to the iPhone 5, but have improved internal specs.

There's also a rumor that the next iPhone could launch in June and come in 6-8 colors.

Samsung Galaxy Note III will reportedly have a 6-inch display

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The Galaxy Note III will be Samsung's third phone/tablet hybrid device. Early rumors suggest the Galaxy Note III's screen will be even larger than its predecessors, or at least 6 inches. That's only an inch smaller than the screen on the Kindle Frire HD tablet.

There is also word that the processor will be similar to the one used in the Galaxy S IV, a 8-core monster, which Samsung claims uses 70% less battery.

Sony Xperia Z has a giant screen and is water resistant

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We got our hands on the Xperia Z at CES 2013 and loved it.

The Xperia Z runs the latest version on Android and it's key features include a full HD Reality Display with the same technology as Sony's television line, a 13-megapixel camera, a dust- and water-resistant body, an anti-scratch coating and a quad-core processor.

Lenovo's new phone is thinner than the iPhone 5

Besides running extremely fast, the smartphone is made from brushed steel, is only 6.9mm thick (thinner than iPhone 5), has 2GB of RAM, a 13MP camera, and will run Android.

Unfortunately, the K900 doesn't support LTE, which means you won't get the fastest data speeds possible.

Tom's Hardware who saw the K900 at CES says, the smartphone is scheduled to launch in China this April, and in Lenovo’s other phone markets (India, Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines) soon after.

The next Nokia Lumia Windows Phone will be made of high-quality materials

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Not much is known about Nokia's next flagship Windows 8 phone.

Rumors speculate that the smartphone will have an aluminum body and killer camera, but that's about all we know.

Rumors also suggest that this phone could be a Verizon exclusive, as sources have revealed to The Verge. The device is codenamed the "Laser."

Microsoft might launch its own Windows Phone this year

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Speaking of Windows Phones, it's been widely speculated that Microsoft will make its own phone later this year. There have even been a few reports that the so-called Surface Phone is already in production and will have some features not found on other Windows Phones.

Motorola and Google are working on a phone

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Even though Google says it plans to run Motorola as a separate entity, there have been a string of reports that the companies are working together on a so-called "Google X Phone."

Details beyond that are pretty slim, but CNET speculates that the phone could arrive as early as Google I/O in May.